New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
PROSPERITY OF DAKOTA.
HER PLAIN RIGHT TO STATEHOOD.


w .su,vorox March 26-Charles G. Williams
Cor Ton wears Repi esen'aive Congress from the
Ia, Wisconsin District but during the last few years
d. resident Of Watettown Dakota, has been spending
n ,or,nicht in Washington For several days PRIOR
IN the adjournment he on the hoor oil inc house.
where he cordially received by those OF his oo
associates who remained Mr. Williams VIII spehd
couulc of months in the Atlantic States IN inc interest,"
of a Dakota loan and investment company OF which
he IA an officer lie has SPOKEN freely with friends
hare in regard TO the treatment Dakota has received
ot the hands of the late Congress Ill her efforts 10
secure Statehood. ,..a J.. III;
Congress-" said Mr.. Williams. Dluntiv put, SIX
electoral votes inevitably Republican, were hoi 70
be created All propositions by Congress reiatnG 70
Dakota merely fencing for position UnIs 1 Th;a
offers were made as certain 10 bs rejected n
has yro ,aht n great outrage The very best reason
Tor Dakota's admssion Is Dakota herself forieiy,
where Territories were depied anmisson ,nrro Dsnv
priuci, le at The bottom slavery OF aptsaVey. Dhy
nc Dakota admission is like saying 10 SounE i',
who has arrived at his majority Yes, you are en-,
titled to n VOTE but will NOT et Won vo'' Ise w.
should vote Tor opponents. INA, 10 . M ' "
OF it; great political party Pauses rgh. tne,u tho
But do not believe that the & MAN. who
imnrisoned his fnther-inaw tor debt lie salu IL
hnTt his feelings dreadtully but he wanted tee money
1t hurts their feelings. hut they want ,ho'e .eo
torol votes If gov eminent by States is not ction
Dakota is better equipped to-day for statehood man
at least halt dozen States already admitted cue
York Indiana Delaware and tic six New England
States. She ~ over 100000 inhabitants nearly
300 600 bel 'outh Dakota. The people %oniu
vote three TO ol iOr division and admission ah
opportunity given. She has more WAN GOV 80
PAPERS; $3.50 school houses CT the Vaue VI oscl
$4,000 900; her churches number ooU ana .neLc alc
In the rtory So National banks, us oaer banks
and 5000 miles railroad in active operat0nn;o Los
year she had in round numbers over 999 100 i
cor, She has over COO post offices which paid more
than $500 600 to the Post once Dep a ol ''
wear Her assessed valuation is lsOooo'OoV
In nv own County CT Codinaton, where eight years
400 the ground was scarcely broken, about 80 per
cent is now said TO be under cultivation you ui9
into the country you will see, nor STATS nu
shanties but big red barns and white farhhoGses o1
improved farms The locomotive has reVouuoni. ~
pioneering. The s1ne l'era'1f9 you in Watertown
People are there from New-York Brooklyn BOSTON
Chicago and other cities They or1Ig .he,r az
as fine thoroughbred cattle and horses as you VIII see
anywbere-not q few but many n'nou
Angus and Hereford cattle ana III t0rsss ;mnorted
direct FROM Earope Our bankers tell ne that seters
are in the habit of receiving drafts OF from Fouu 10
81 900 from their former homes with ~hoh 10 STU 5a
and mnrove their farms. he class OF settlers theIe
may be described as young Americans oaeheu .isS
by their fathers in the Western and Eastern
and vet / get letters frequently seriously inqmtlng
q neoni " IN NOT have to abandon Dakota. As well
talk about abandoning Iowa and Illinois True prices
et produce are depressed, but let wheat go 10 40 o
80 renIs its former price and other things IN proper
tion. and Dakota will spring forward i'll way that
will astonish the most sanguine. ..: ,u,e
+" Onr most .acacous men are investing IN farms
partially imyrvyed. know private banker III wv
town who loans money at high rate OF inter ~. a,u
has been extremely oH, M"o AMI ia stocking
them with cattle sheep and horses II III inc o oln
Western States beef can be ra'sed on iano "1lth
an a-re and sold in Chicago at Is 20 a huuuiSu
snreIv can he raised on the wild grasses OF our five
and ten dollar acre land VIII re II seis fe'u'l
at SO when prices are not depressed, . =, NJ,
"What is the population oil " a'er'o"" '
Williams was asked lana .,,;.o,. ~ ,ros
at has between $500 and 4.0oo inhaDnan.s, was a.
the repy aud seven years ago II was ereehS"aIu' At
now has five railroad outlets, thirteen m"hu'ac,urnS
establishments, sxty-one retail stores, lour p'hh
three of theu, Natlonal-three newspaper hiiu
n,iutug ooices four lumber Yards opera house ~
CO rise OF construction to cost S3o,oUV' ,niicd
States land office, ia business houses, 10 DeihS uu
of brick A roller mill with capacity OF -fo o"Ie's
80 wb;ch il soon 10 be enlarged. WATERFOWL has
bought within the last year 100000 bushels OF wnea.
She has ouE gram .; ' a"u Her banks sold
81. 49, 900 exchange. and hcr manuaoS U con,
Germs paid over $35OO0O in wages, Hne n, ane SIX
church ed6ces, three la. &c school onidihEs ano
conrthouse which cost $50, 600 and all tins accom-,
piished within seven years by natural gr3wth ana
without an, thing like an organized BOOM Nha' 'ake
M,nnctonka il 20 ST. Paul and Minneapolis. Lake
kampeskaIs to WATERFOWL There are at ptes,tlunI
aaoat upon II a steam launch capable OF carving d2V
persons a side aheeler with seating capacity Ol ooo
and two yachts Carrying twenty-five eaeh. - io
Do yor have n pretty tair supply OF money III the
. Yoi won,d bc surprised a, the amount of Eastern
capital being loaned ali over Dakota, was the answer
" New England seems al pre7eut 10 VI "V:nS ~
field more thoroughly than any other portion Of 'ho
What amount is loaned on a quarter seet'onir'
From $500 10 5000 ana 9l,ooo, "ceoi"ihH ~
location and improvements ,;,. o..oo.o
tons take" -, ,n;o,. o,out Az nor
cent OF he salable value. There are just tw" things
which determine the safety oil the loan III my palt OF
the country namely, good judgment ano absolute
hone-tv in nlacing it, Ii the agent loans upon commits
sion he OF course il anxious to make the loan ana
sometme taxes risks wh'ch w'u,u tnrdpIad h al
yertsement Full power is given III the mortgage 10
take possession aud iOrccosc upon any delauit whbt
ever either Ia payment OF interest," taxes or ilhclpa
Tb newer l. moi ordinarily resoftcd 10 except in ex
IRENE cases. Foreclosures are comparatively rare 10
our part of Dakota. The amount loaned Is so small
that GOOD crop at tair price will soon pay /; on,
and by the appreciation in vanc OF the lahd inc Sc
curity becomes better Even with the low prices last
tall our bankers tell me that the farmers were
nromut In meeting thcr engagements Most OF the
money borrowed used in improving the land, ana II
pre- sed the borrower easily negotiate new lean
rather than submit TO foreclosure. .,
AYES, we have" was the reply nave spent
four winters in Dakota; three OF them nave Dech 10
more irving on the constitution than the climate OF
Wa~hincton In fact ain wearing here now the same
clothing wore in Dakota a few weeks ago. me AR
Ia clear and ar, and pure and III the coolest weather
Still. this winter we have had more wind ana snow
than usual but the old settlers say tney always nave
Mr. Williams was asked whether he expected that
State Government would be set up In the spring
In reDly lie said. lDGeeu hhuIJ II ID
given ont that they do intend to put State Govern
mont INTO operation out can form 70 idca OF n
Sovereign state acting independently outside OF the
Union. aid know OF no way for State to get into
the Union except under that clause OF the constitution
which says that Congress may admit new ~ ties.
An independent State Government hi ght be set up
and indepepdent laws enacted but that wOuld in
ey,taby bring the State into conflict with the Federal
(overnment Mr. Garfield, in one OF his srerches
called attention tho voluntary powers OF Congress
and declared tina, il Congress should refuse To exer
&c one of its voluntary powers like approprating
money Tor the support of the Government or the
common defence Congress itseli would become reVo-
lutionary. :. .; D.. a. no,o.o
fo,a,ess violates one of its plain duties and becomes
IN tbat sense revolutionary. rhe difficulty is that
Tonnress has the power OF revolution but not the
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